3/6     "Crash" was good.  Why is it considered an upset?
        \_ Cause it sucked sucked sucked
        \_ Because everyone was expecting the gay issue movies to win.  Or at
           least they were getting the ype.
        \_ "Crash" was good, but not great. It doesn't really stand up to
           most Best Picture winners. Then again, Best Picture hasn't had
           many strong candidates in recent years. BTW, I think I would've
           gone with "Walk The Line".
           \_ Have you also seen "Capote" or "Good Night, and Good Luck"?
              I haven't seen any of the nominees. All I watched was stuff
              like Batman. But those two do better on http://rottentomatoes.com
              than Crash (or Brokeback).
              \_ You can get a very high http://rottentomatoes.com rating just by
                 being a movie that almost everyone sort of likes, like the
                 last Harry Potter movie (89%).
                 last Harry Potter moving (89%).
        \_ A real upset would be giving an Oscar to a movie that was
           watchable, such as Batman Begins or Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
           But then again, I would have have picked The Voyage Home
           over Platoon for best picture in 1986 and First Contact
           over English Patient in 1996, so what do I know? -stmg
           \_ Platoon was very good. But my mom, my sister, and all of my
              girlfriends hated that movie.
              \_ Never said I didn't like Platoon. I said that I
                 thought that STIV:TVH was better. I mean anyone
                 can make a watchable movie about Vietnam. It takes
                 really skill to make a movie where the crew of the
                 Enterprise has to travel back in time aboard a hi-
                 jacked Klingon BoP to find some whales and bring
                 them back to the future to save the planet earth.
                 -stmg
                 can make a movie about Vietnam. It takes real
                 skill to make a movie about saving the earth by
                 traveling back in time to find some humpback
                 whales. -stmg
              \_ Forget my previous post. I confused FMJ w/ Platoon.
                 I didn't like Platoon. I thought FMJ was okay.
           \_ You didn't think "Gladiator" was watchable? Actually, I am
              surprised you didn't like "Platoon" but did like "Mr. and
              Mrs. Smith". Oooooooookay. Different strokes...
              \_ I didn't really like Gladiator. I guess I just
                 prefer guns (and phasers) to swords (ex. I hated
                 LOTR). I guess Lightsabers are okay, but I'd have
                 to say the only watchable SW movie was EPS4. -stmg
                 LOTR). Lightsabers are okay in my book, and EPS4
                 deserved to win over Annie Hall in 1977. -stmg